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A Follower of Christ
  
Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in
churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble
if you try and let him out.

-- G. A. Studdert Kennedy


A Christian……..a follower of Christ……how do you follow Christ? How do you love Christ? Whose will………His will? How do you hear Him when He speaks? Do you hear Him? Do you listen?

Which are you…….one like the woman caught in adultery……..or the prideful scorner hurling stones?

Are you like the humble tax collector who comes before God admitting your brokenness……….or are you like the Pharisee…..better than the broken one?

Are you saved? You know the beginning…….you know the ending…….but what comes between?

What does this mean?
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

What does it mean to you?

I have to admit, there is nothing easy in being a follower of Christ. It’s easy being saved, easy reading the Bible, going to church, praying but when it comes to actually living our belief and faith……we fail miserably.

Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I have taken these two verses to heart in a big way. Because being a follower of Christ is sometimes burdensome. Giving up your desires for His desires, asking for His will in your life as opposed to your own….this is not an easy thing. But He equips us, and gives us the strength we need to walk the walk with Him.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When you ask God to create in you a clean heart…….it means sometimes He has to break you down, bring you to your knees……..and it hurts! Coming face to face with God with all your brokenness has got to be one of the most painful things you will ever do….but I can tell you from the depth of my heart that it is the most spirit refreshing thing you will ever do!

The closer you draw to God, the lonlier you feel as a Christian. There is nothing sadder than talking with a fellow believer about the wonders of the Holy Spirit, the amazing grace of God, and they look at you with glazed eyes. I know this because I too once stood with glazed eyes, just “not getting it”. When I talk about listening to His Word while I sleep, or listening to His Word on my IPOD as I walk, other Christians look at me as though I am whacko!

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

What does that verse mean to you? It means exactly what it says to me.

And if we are mocked for loving God this way……….who is being mocked……is it me………is it God’s work in me……..is it God Himself?

Mt. 11:15
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Another Random Weekend Buy! Oct 17, 2008 6:09 pm
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I went to the op shop (thrift store) this morning coz I was getting rid of "stuff"........and bought a lounge suite!! Hey it was a bargain ok? $200........as opposed to the single and very gorgeous microfibre couch in steel grey that I have been eyeing for a while now...$900!!

The only bummer is...it's blue and I'm not really a "blue" person!! But at $200 and in good condition...how could I refuse? My lounge suite has seen better days....and I loved it in it's better days coz it is forest green with white checks.

Well there is another little hitch....it's a three piece and I don't have a big living room, and it's a weird shape....so I'm going to have to get rid of stuff to get more stuff!!

My son thinks I've gone whacko, but he's a guy and what do guys know!!

I'm coming to the conclusion that going out on the weekends is hazardous for my purse! I still have the whipper snipper sitting...in it's box!! I'm waiting for an unsuspecting man to walk in my door!! Any takers??? And if he's real good...I'll show him my garage!! And he can show me his muscles!!
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HOPE DOESN'T JUST FLOAT, IT LIFTS Oct 17, 2008 12:58 am
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We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

My son and I were having a chat the other night. He's been kind of sad lately coz some of his school friends have been doing things without including him. My son is in his last year of school and he has hung out with these same boys for the last six years. So he is hurting. There are only a few more weeks of school left and this should be a special time for him.

As a mother, my heart aches for him. I want him to have a wonderful life, with few tears and heartbreak. Yet I know this is not the reality of the world we live in. No matter how much I want to shield him, he has a journey ahead, prepared by God....and it wont always be an easy ride.

People will disappoint him, people will deceive him and lie to him. He may very well suffer the pain of a broken heart in love. The road ahead will have rocky patches...there's no avoiding it.

The one thing that fills my heart with hope is the fact that his relationship with God is growing steadily. I couldn't have prayed for a better beginning to his walk as a young man....to know that there is a God who loves him, and will never leave him desolate. He has this hope, and as we talked I was encouraged at the wisdom and simple faith of this boy/man.

I am so grateful to God for the pain and heartaches I have endured, coz it gives me an empathy and an understanding when he goes through "stuff". I know it will help us to relate, as we already do. I never had that with my own parents, and I pray that my son will always know that his mother loves him and will stand by him through it all.

I am a blessed mother!
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